Polestar exits US market after government bans sales due to connected vehicle tech

Swedish EV shaper Polestar (PSNY) said it volition nary longer merchantability cars successful the US aft the Commerce Department banned its income here.

Polestar, owned by Chinese automaker Geely, said US authorities decided not to "grant Polestar authorization nether the existent US Connected Vehicle Rule," meaning the institution volition not beryllium capable to marketplace oregon merchantability caller model-year 2027 vehicles.

The Connected Vehicle Rule targets information information concerns by restricting the usage of definite overseas technologies successful 2 areas. The bundle prohibition restricts the usage of bundle developed oregon maintained by Chinese oregon Russian companies for the 2027 exemplary year. A hardware regularisation prohibits the import and merchantability of vehicle-connected hardware from these countries starting successful 2030.

Polestar banal was down by much than 13% successful midday trade.

Polestar's prohibition comes arsenic it makes 1 of its vehicles, the Polestar 3, astatine its works shared with Volvo, besides a Geely portfolio company. Volvo, however, received a waiver to merchantability vehicles contempt the rule.

"The process is carried retired connected a case-by-case ground and the issuance of a circumstantial authorization follows constructive discussions with the US Department of Commerce and different US officials regarding Volvo Cars' governance, exertion and information security," Volvo said astir its waiver successful May.

With Polestar incapable to get approval, the institution volition dilatory upwind down its US income and selling operations and absorption connected the EU market. Polestar noted that "existing Polestar owners and lease customers volition proceed to person the aforesaid level of enactment and entree to work arsenic they bash today," and that each "existing warranties stay successful effect and volition proceed to beryllium honored successful accordance with their presumption and conditions."

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Pras Subramanian is Lead Auto Reporter for Yahoo Finance. You tin travel him on X and on Instagram.

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